2. Biography Tamara Gverdtsiteli is a variety singer, People's Artist of Georgia.She was born on the 18th of January, 19…, in Tbilisi
3. Tamara was given a classical education, finished the special music school, then studied at the conservatory in Tbilisi as a pianist and a composer, and was trained at the special college as a singer.In the early '70s she become a participent of the children's variety group "Mziuri" and performed on tour all over the former Soviet Union.When Tamara was 19, she became the first-prize-winner of the international competition "KrasnayaGvozdika" in Sochi, then took part in the pop-music competition in Drezden (1982) and became the first-prize-winner of the international competition "Gold Orpheus" in Sophia (1988). She was a special guest at festovals in Sopot (1989) and San-Remo (1990).
4. In 1991 in Paris Tamara Gverdtsiteli made the acquaintance with Michel Legrand. Their first concert together took place the same year. In 1994 the singer had a solo concert in "Olympia". A year later she sang in "Carnegy Hall" and "Assembly Hall". At the end of 1995 Tamara decided to to come back the Russian stage.She sings in eight languages - Russian, Georgian, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Ukrainian. Her mastery has a great culture, expression and theatricality. French masterly school exerted undoubtful influence upon her.
5. Premiums, Prizes, Titles 1976 – The laureate of Young Communist League Prize1981 – Dnepropetrovsk,the 2nd Prize at the All-Union competition of young singers1981 – Sochi, "KrasnayaGvozdika" – the 1st prize at the international competition of political songs;1982 – Drezden, the laureate of the international competition of variety songs1988 – Sophia, "Golden Orpheus", Grand-Prix1989 – People's Artist of Georgia1998 – "Order of Georgia Honour"1989 – People's Artist of the Russian Federation
